Art Works Podcast: Nick Cave

In this week’s podcast, we meet Chicago-based artist Nick Cave. Cave, whose background is in fabric arts, fashion design, and dance, is known is for his colorful elaborate sculpture/costumes he calls “Sound Suits.” Sound Suits are difficult to describe; they’ve reminded people of Mardi Gras costumes or African Masquerade robes. The materials that comprise the Sound Suits are as unlikely as the finished product. Some are made of twigs, others are made of thousands of buttons or feathers, and still another was constructed of Beanie Babies. The height of the Sound Suits are frequently magnified by extravagant head gear, like a domed miter that a bishop might wear. When - read more>

Jenny Abell Dakar Commission -Healdsburg art lovers have been able to see work by Jenny Honnert Abell for almost seven years at Hammerfriar Gallery, but soon the Santa Rosa artist will have international exposure.br />
As part of the State Department’s Art in Embassy Program, 10 of her works will be permanently installed in the new U.S. Embassy in Dakar, the capital of Senegal in West Africa. The embassy is scheduled to open in March.

The Art in Embassy program is a legacy of President John F. Kennedy’s administration, designed to promote national pride and cultural identity by displaying American art throughout the world.

Abell has been living and working in Santa Rosa for 18 years and, - read more>

Beginnings – Art in Embassies
The new US Ambassador to Zimbabwe has just embarked on his tour of duty here. Perhaps that is why it is fitting that the Art In Embassies (AIE) collection at his residence is appropriately themed Beginnings.

Although he was last here a decade ago Ambassador Bruce Wharton is beginning his tenure as Washington’s man in Harare with what can be described as an effective high-end component of United States cultural outreach initiative.

The collection, Beginnings, showcases works of art drawn from Zimbabwe, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ghana and South Africa.

It shows, among other things, landscapes, historic buildings, portraits and photographs. A few photographs - read more>